Stories

that every person has a duty to consolidate what they have learned, so to speak, outside of themselves through a conscientious account, for the benefit and consideration of their colleagues in the field. It seems to me that I do not have the right to allow my thought to disappear without a trace during the new chemical combinations and decompositions awaiting the large hemispheres of my brain.

Constantly reading medical books, I decided to begin with an excerpt from the introduction, precisely because it is quite accessible: it contains not so much the theory itself, but rather the history of its emergence in my head. In this regard, allow me to warn you that I am, least of all, a man of letters. Having lived for thirty years now in a provincial town, remote from both the residence referring to the imperial capital and the capital city, I have lost the habit of eloquent exposition and have not become accustomed to fashionable language. One should not, however, lose sight of the fact that my goal is not at all belletristic, but pathological. I do not wish to enchant with my writings, but to be useful by communicating an extremely important theory that has until now escaped the attention of the greatest physicians, and has now been scientifically developed and verified by observations by this most unworthy student of Hippocrates the ancient Greek physician, considered the father of medicine.

I dedicate this very theory to you, self-sacrificing physicians, who dedicate your time to the sad occupation of treating and caring for those suffering from mental illnesses.

Krupov,
Medicinæ et Chirurgiæ Doctor Doctor of Medicine and Surgery.